Receiver, Georgia State (from Illinois State), 2012–⁠15

Donovan Harden

Number
No. 9
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Rialto, CA

Donovan Harden played receiver at Illinois State (2012) and Georgia State (2013–⁠15).

At a glance

Best season
885
Receiving yards, 2014 (Georgia State, 1–⁠11)
Best game
186 yards
Vs. Georgia Southern, week 9, 2014: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week

Career highs

11catches, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 2014186receiving yards, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 20144receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012*Illinois State23216.0122
2014Georgia State6088514.8768
2015Georgia State3871518.8576
Career1001,63216.31376

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2012*Illinois State–––170
2014Georgia State–––7770
2015Georgia State12406−10
Career124014830

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Illinois State9WR
2013Georgia State9WR
2014Georgia State9WR
2015Georgia State9WR5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Georgia State860.6266th (n=496)0.5253.311%
2015Georgia State680.7582nd (n=465)0.5350.810%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Georgia State 10 games, 38 catches, 715 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Oct 3vs.LibertyL 33–⁠4151791–––
Oct 10vs.App StateL 3–⁠373300–––
Oct 17atBall StateW 31–⁠192800–––
Oct 31atArkansas StateL 34–⁠481660–––
Nov 7vs.LouisianaL 21–⁠235421––1
Nov 14atTexas StateW 41–⁠195582––1
Nov 21vs.South AlabamaW 24–⁠107940––1
Nov 27vs.TroyW 31–⁠214530–––
Dec 5atGeorgia SouthernW 34–⁠73600–––
Dec 19 ✦vs.San José StateL 16–⁠2735311243
2014 Georgia State 12 games, 60 catches, 885 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 27vs.Abilene ChristianW 38–⁠373270––2
Sep 6vs.New Mexico StateL 31–⁠341681––1
Sep 13vs.Air ForceL 38–⁠486900–––
Sep 20atWashingtonL 14–⁠457640–––
Oct 4atLouisianaL 31–⁠344910–––
Oct 11vs.Arkansas StateL 10–⁠523490–––
Oct 18atSouth AlabamaL 27–⁠30101322––1
Oct 25vs.Georgia SouthernL 31–⁠69111864–––
Nov 1atApp StateL 0–⁠442120––1
Nov 8atTroyL 21–⁠455770–––
Nov 22atClemsonL 0–⁠283310––2
Nov 29vs.Texas StateL 31–⁠545580–––
2012 Illinois State 1 game, 2 catches, 32 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 8atEastern MichiganW 31–⁠142321––1

No box score in the source for Sep 1 vs. Dayton; Sep 15 vs. Eastern Illinois; Sep 22 at Western Illinois; Sep 29 at South Dakota; Oct 6 vs. Southern Illinois; Oct 13 vs. Youngstown State; Oct 20 vs. Missouri State; Oct 27 at Northern Iowa; Nov 3 at Indiana State; Nov 17 vs. North Dakota State; Dec 1 at App State, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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